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  Growls and Utterances

  Bart Wolffe

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  A new collection of poetry exploring themes to inspire and provoke.

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  Chamber Music

  James Joyce

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  Chamber Music is a collection of poems by James Joyce, first published in May of 1907. The collection originally comprised thirty-four love poems, but two further poems were added before publication ("All day I hear the noise of waters" and "I hear an army charging upon the land"). 
  Although the poems did not sell well, they received some critical acclaim. Ezra Pound admired the "delicate temperament" of these early poems, while Yeats described "I hear an army charging upon the land" as "a technical and emotional masterpiece". In 1909, Joyce wrote to his wife, "When I wrote [Chamber Music], I was a lonely boy, walking about by myself at night and thinking that one day a girl would love me." 
  Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Annie Coleman

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  Paradise Regained

  John Milton

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  In Paradise Regained, Satan again is on the prowl, having successfully tempted Adam and Eve and forced their departure from the Garden of Eden, here he sets out to tempt again – this time Jesus himself as he comes to the end of his forty days in the desert. The magisterial poetry of Milton enriches the encounter and, while not matching the greatness achieved in Paradise Lost, provides drama and depth.

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  The Ballad of Abigail Lambert

  S.R. Sotolongo

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  Abigail Lambert was a cynical woman with an uncanny knack for surviving her various attempts at suicide. After saving a teenaged girl named Esperanza from a gang of vicious outlaws, she becomes convinced that shepherding the girl back home, 2,000 miles across the country, will bring Abigail the peace she’s wanted for so long. However, the surviving leader of the outlaw gang is hot on their trail & he will stop at nothing until Esperanza is back in his grasp. 
  In his debut novel, S.R. Sotolongo tells a story of loss, longing, the families we’re born with and the families we build. A journey of restoring hope set against the backdrop of a ruthless American West.

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  For Dolly who does not Learn her...

  E. Nesbit

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of For Dolly, who does not Learn her Lessons by E. Nesbit. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 21st, 2013.Edith Nesbit reminds us of the magic - and brevity - of childhood.

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Roses - 12...

  Robert Burns, Hafiz, Alfred...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
   
  1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic.  Roses - An Introduction 
  2 - A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns 
  3 - The Rose Has Flushed Red by Hafiz 
  4 - A Wild Rose by Alfred Austin 
  5 - Laughing Rose by William Henry Davies 
  6 - Amid the Roses by Alice Dunbar Nelson 
  7 - The Secret Rose by W B Yeats 
  8 - Sonnet 54 - O! How Much More Doth Beauty Beauteous Seem by William Shakespeare 
  9 - The Rose by John Cournos 
  10 - Roses of a Dream by Damon Runyon 
  11 - No Rose That in a Garden Ever Grew by Edna St Vincent Millay 
  12 - Where Roses Would Not Dare to Go by Emily Dickinson 
  13 - Tis the Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore

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